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Asymptomatic eosinophilic myocarditis: 2 + 2 = 4 or 5!
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Asymptomatic eosinophilic myocarditis: 2 + 2 = 4 or 5!
Int J Cardiol.
1991 Jun.
Abstract
A twenty-eight year old man was admitted with a cerebrovascular accident and hypereosinophilia secondary to microfilarial infection. Endomyocardial biopsy revealed focal eosinophilic myocarditis. The intriguing presence of this asymptomatic myocarditis raises interesting possibilities.
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